Sorry it has taken me so long to post since I left the hospital...I just am really tired, and I have sat down to post, but just didn't have the energy, almost a week, so things are good~better.
Something my doctor reminded me of; "Terry you have and a transplant!".... just like a heart, liver, etc.....but you don't have the surgery to complicate the recovery. Which also, keeps you down...but nonetheless, I have had a transplant. I need rest, rest and rest. I am not expected to pop up just like I was prior to the transplant. I actually started feeling fairly decently prior to the transplant. I cleaned out my office, was driving and felt pretty great! The first time since all of this started. But back to the facts, yesterday was only day +21. It has been 21 days since my transplant. Most of the information tells you that it takes any where from 6 to 12 months to fully recover. I wake up in the AM trying to first think of what day I am on. It helps to remind me that I feel great...considering I am day +??.
I have been released from the transplant office to return to my regular oncologist. That appointment is on Monday at 10. They will pull new labs and tell me about the next step~ getting to that day +100!
I am going to the lake this weekend, yeah! I can eat almost everything now and can go out in public, but it almost isn't worth it. I still have to where a mask, and it is so HOT! It was suggested to go to only around small crowds. If I go to dinner I need to go early, movies a afternoons... With a bald head, mask and glasses...I look a little like a spectacle!
Today is my first day to wear my contacts. they feel great! But I had to go to "dailys" and they are only mono-vision. So...I have to wear reading glasses! Can't win for tying!!
For those of you who have been wait patiencely here is me and my bald head! I have been waiting to put together a photo series...kind of a photo "tell it all," but I am having a hard time getting them all together. ....so here I am! Sometimes I look at myself and say who it that?! Then sometimes I look at that photo on my blog and say, "Who is that?"
My dear friend Lola, who is going through her own breast cancer issues...sent me this scripture; "We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. " 2 Cor. 4:8-9
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You look beautiful T!! I'm so glad to hear that you are doing well. :-)
ReplyDeleteYes, you look beautiful! Have a relaxing time at the lake this weekend!
ReplyDeleteYou do have a pretty head! I agree with your friends, beautiful! Enjoy your weekend and relax! I'm glad you are starting to feel better!
ReplyDeleteYou don't recognise your own beautiful self in those pictures? Don't worry about being a spectacle. I mean, really, what do you care? And, unfortunately it is not all that unusual to see a woman going through chemo baldness. Don't let your pretty bald head get sunburned at the lake this weekend. I remember the great times we used to have on your houseboat. Those memories are just one of the reasons I will love you and AJ forever.
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oxoxox
Yep...just gorgeous! Funny how the eyes go from the head to the bright eyes and the smile -- that is what I see. You look great! I see that you are here already -- I'm so glad you find the lake a place to rest up and get away from the big city. We are here if you need anything -- but do not want to interfere with your quiet time or have you feel pressured to socialize in any way.
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Absolutely stunning! You beam, who needs hair!? :)
ReplyDeleteHi! Terry,
ReplyDeleteYou look fantastic!! I am not kidding....after all you have been through it is truly amazing how pretty you look. Don't rush yourself....just rest and enjoy this home time. Maybe organize photos in albums...I always wanted time to do that....now is your chance. Maybe I should send you some of the movies that you might enjoy....there's a good thought!
I Praise our Lord for your wonderful response to your transplant and treatments.
Blessings,
Barbara
T, where have I been? I guess the regular updates from Al & El keep me updated on what's going on but it's not the same as reading your words. They are so much stronger - they come across the page that way - stong, positive, determined and happy. How freaking lucky are you to have a beautiful shaped head!!!!! Don't buy a wig and waste money - it's too hot outside anyway. Thinking of you.
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